The preparatory matters of the Zhongxing Society are in full swing, the preliminary things have been done, Sun Chengzong, Lu Shanji and Huang Daozhou are all in place, Nanjing City has been a sensation, so the three of them get together, the impact is not small, not to mention that they will be together to establish the Zhongxing Society.

The inaugural meeting was set for December 1.

Before this, many scholars had come to consult, and some gentry and scholars even directly asked to become members of the Zhongxing Society. Sun Chengzong, Lu Shanji, and Huang Dao Zhou did not dare to slack off, and personally met with these gentlemen and gentry, and while talking, they also instilled the ideas upheld by the society.

At the same time as all this work was developing in an orderly manner, another major news broke out in Nanjing, and Zhang Pu, the leader of the Restoration Society, was arrested by the sergeants of the two battalions.

This news spread quickly, and for a while, there was a lot of discussion everywhere, and people united the arrest of Zhang Pu with the establishment of the Zhongxing Society, and remarks unfavorable to the Zhongxing Society began to appear.

Sun Chengzong, Lu Shanji and Huang Daozhou, I don't know about the matter, when they talk to the scholars and gentry, they are also very at a loss, but the three of them have doubts in their hearts, at such a critical moment, what does it mean to arrest Zhang Pu, are you still afraid that the Restoration Society will affect the establishment of the Zhongxing Society, this is not a problem at all, even if the Restoration Society has an extraordinary influence, but Sun Chengzong glared at the three of them, the impact was too great, and the Restoration Society could not interfere at all.

After a brief discussion between the three of them, they decided to find Su Tiancheng directly and ask about the relevant situation, believing that Su Tiancheng must know about this matter, this is a big matter, and the three of them are uneasy if they don't figure it out.

Jiangning County County. Three classes.

Sun Chengzong, Lu Shanji and Huang Dao Zhou, their faces are not very good, especially Huang Daozhou, the relationship between him and Zhang Pu is still good, I don't know what Lu Dao is for. Zhang Pu was suddenly arrested, and it was directly started by two large battalions, and it is said that he would be sent to the capital, if Zhang Pu was arrested, it was because of the establishment of the Zhongxing Society, Huang Daozhou even thought about it, and directly withdrew from the Zhongxing Society.

Seeing that the faces of the three of them were not good, Su Tiancheng smiled and spoke.

"Three adults, come to the county office today. It must be for Zhang Pu's business. ”

"It's really this matter, Master Su, the old man and Shanji, and Lord Huang, all want to know what Lu Dao is for."

After all, Sun Chengzong has experienced a lot of things, and he still speaks very calmly.

"Yes, it was the juniors who insisted on arresting Zhang Pu, and it was recommended to send him directly to the capital."

Sun Chengzong and Lu Shanji's faces looked a little better. They know Su Tiancheng, since Su Tiancheng said so. There must be other reasons, it won't be the matter of the Zhongxing Society, Su Tiancheng is not so stupid.

Huang Daozhou's face was even more ugly, but Sun Chengzong was sitting on the side, and he couldn't speak.

"As for the reason. In front of the three adults, the juniors can explain that the arrest of Zhang Pu is not because the impact of the resumption of the society is too great, and it may affect the establishment of the Zhongxing Society. To tell the truth, the younger generation has not yet seen the Fuxing Society in their eyes, if they wanted to destroy the Fushe, they would have done it a long time ago, and directly arrest Zhang Pu, there would be nothing to do, and there was no need to work hard to establish the Zhongxing Society, presumably Lord Huang knew the way. ”

Huang Daozhou paused for a moment, and quickly understood, yes, if Su Tiancheng had opinions on the resumption of the society, he would have found other reasons to deal with Zhang Pu, and there was no need to work hard to establish the Zhongxing Society, besides, relying on the influence of Lord Sun Chengzong to recruit the world's scholars, it must be a matter of course, how could Zhang Pu resist.

"Yes, I don't understand, can Master Su tell me, what is the reason?"

"Hmph, arresting Zhang Pu and escorting him to the capital can be said to be easy, if it weren't for the fact that Zhang Pu was a member of the Hanlin Academy, the leader of the Restoration Society, I am afraid that the head would have fallen to the ground long ago."

The room was quiet all of a sudden, and when Su Tiancheng said such words, everyone knew that things were not simple.

Especially Huang Daozhou, thinking of Zhang Pu's conceit and stubbornness, his face turned a little pale, the Zhongxing Society is about to be established, and the blow to Zhang Pu and the Fushe is very big, who knows if Zhang Pu will go crazy and do something rebellious.

"Zhang Pu directly found General Zhang Taining, the implication is that the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion are too high in salary, and the soldiers of the two battalions are agitated, and they are agitated, and they demand that the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion cannot have such a high salary, and the commander of the Jiangning battalion has made Fan Jingwen negligent in management, and he should be punished by the imperial court, and Su Tiancheng, the supervisor of the Jiangning battalion and the magistrate of Jiangning County, is unforgivable and should be severely punished."

"General Zhang reprimanded Zhang Pu and warned Zhang Pu that this move is very dangerous and must not be reckless, otherwise it will shake the foundation of the imperial court, who would have expected that Zhang Pu did not listen at all, and insisted on going his own way, seeing that this method did not work, he actually went to Fengyang Mansion, Luzhou Mansion, Anqing Mansion and other places, intending to encourage the soldiers of the guard to rise up and protest, and also contacted the local members of the Restoration Society, preparing to work together, on the one hand to find the commander of the guard, and on the other hand to encourage the officers and sergeants below."

"The army is the foundation of my Ming Dynasty, a few years ago, because of the problem of military salaries, there was a mutiny of the sergeants of the guard, which greatly shocked the imperial court, and spent a great deal of manpower and material resources to quell this matter, since last year, the military salaries of the imperial court have basically been in place, and the sergeants of the guard have been stabilized, but Zhang Pu is ready to provoke the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty because the salaries of the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion are too high, and they are ready to provoke the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty to protest, which is what a sinister intention."

"The possible consequences of this move, the younger generation doesn't want to say more, if Zhang Pu's intentions succeed, it will affect not only Jiangningying, Jiangning and Yingtianfu, but also the world may be shaken."

Huang Daozhou's face turned pale and stood up.

"Su, Master Su, what you said is true."

"The human and material evidence is there, Zhang Pu wrote the letter that he went, which has been captured by the sergeants of the two battalions, and the members of the Fushe Society who are preparing to act in Fengyang Mansion, Luzhou Mansion, Anqing Mansion and other places have also been captured, and the ridiculous thing is that Zhang Pu still thinks that what he has done is for the sake of the Ming Dynasty and the fairness of the world."

"For one's own selfish interests, for one's own status, ignoring the common people in the world, ignoring the comfort of the imperial court, this kind of action can destroy the nine clans, the younger generation just suggested, arrest Zhang Pu, send him to Beijing for interrogation, and did not disturb Zhang Pu's family, it is already considered benevolent and righteous."

Huang Daozhou's body trembled a little.

"Bastard, it's really a bastard, how did Zhang Pu do such a thing, it's a big rebellion."

Sun Chengzong couldn't help but speak.

"Zhang Pu's move, the sin is unforgivable, the sin is unforgivable."

After Sun Chengzong, Lu Shanji, and Huang Daozhou were a little quieter, Su Tiancheng spoke again.

"Three adults, the juniors have a reluctant request, Zhang Pu's matter, and ask the three adults to help explain, the juniors have a special identity, and Zhang Pu, there has been a dispute, as the county magistrate came forward to explain, I'm afraid many people don't believe it."

Huang Daozhou looked at Sun Chengzong, as if he was thinking about saying something.

"The thoughts of the three adults, the younger generations know the way, just by the words of the juniors, I am afraid it is not enough to believe, the juniors will report against the adults, the three adults can meet Zhang Pu, talk to him, see if what the juniors said is the actual situation, in addition, Zhang Pu's letters, the three adults can also take a look."

Sun Chengzong spoke.

"Well, this kind of arrangement is very good, after all, Zhang Pu is the Jishi of the Hanlin Academy, and he is the leader of the Restoration Society, if he has such a deed, the old man thinks that the Restoration Society can also be dissolved."

Fan Jingwen quickly granted Su Tiancheng's request.

The two battalions in Nanjing, Sun Chengzong, Lu Shanji and Huang Dao Zhouren, entered the barracks.

Su Tiancheng didn't follow, just waited outside.

Half an hour later, Sun Chengzong, Lu Shanji, and Huang Dao came out.

Sun Chengzong's face turned pale, Lu Shanji's face was gloomy, and Huang Daozhou's face turned blue.

Before Su Tiancheng could speak, Sun Chengzong spoke first.

"I'm angry with the old man, this Zhang Pu is really hopeless, and he is not ashamed to say that it is for the Ming Dynasty, why doesn't he want to think about it, where will his actions put my Ming Dynasty."

Zodiac Zhou was a genius who calmed down, and after Sun Chengzong said it, he also spoke.

"Master Su, Zhang Puli is really incorrigible, I really didn't expect that it has only been a long time, he has changed so much, this is not the Zhang Pu I know."

Sun Chengzong suddenly remembered something.

"Master Su, Zhang Pu said that he wants to see you."

Su Tiancheng shook his head.

"The younger generation will not go to see Zhang Pu, what does he want to say, the younger generation is knowledgeable, seeing the scene of the three adults, the younger generation is very sad, Zhang Pu is a learned person, for what to do such a big rebellious thing, and so far do not repent, the younger generation sees what is the use of him, he can't recognize the problem, thinking that he is above board, the words said, the younger generation can be expected, in the court, there are many officials, are concerned about Zhang Pu, let them judge, look at Zhang Pu's measures, is not appropriate. ”

Zhang Pu's behavior, through Sun Chengzong, Lu Shanji, Huang Daozhou and others, quickly spread and caused an uproar.

The vast majority of people condemned Zhang Pu, including some people from Donglin Academy, this time, Qian Qianyi took the lead in condemning Zhang Pu, thinking that Zhang Pu's move was really unreasonable regardless of the overall situation.

Hearing the news, Su Tiancheng had a smile on his face.

Qian Qianyi is still smart, seeing that the general trend has become like this, he began to move closer, whether it is Donglin Academy or Fushe, it is impossible to compete with the soon-to-be-established Zhongxing Society.

When Zhang Pu was escorted to the capital, many people in Nanjing went to see it.

Su Tiancheng didn't go, he didn't want to see Zhang Pu.

Through this incident, he once again felt that political struggle is cruel, and there are not so many human feelings to say, if you are soft, you will become a victim. (To be continued.) )